Falsehood shames Clapper, Brennan and pledge to protect whistleblowers
Whistleblowers who legally submitted concerns and believed they were being protected had their communications intercepted and unmasked. And sensitive oversight communications with Congress potentially protected by the Constitution's separation of powers were intercepted. And all the information was briefed to CIA leadership, contrary to Clapper’s representations.
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So to be clear, CIA officials took the time to extract the whistleblower information from the intercepts, wrote a report and then shared that information with CIA management. That took time and intention that cannot be denied.
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“The CIA has a vitally important function, especially when it comes to their critical counterintelligence work, but nothing — nothing — should inhibit or interfere with Congress’ constitutional job and protecting whistleblowers,” Grassley added. “Since the inception of this country, blowing the whistle has played an integral role in maintaining good government. It would be unacceptable and unpatriotic to overlook any action that could dissuade responsible citizens from disclosing waste, fraud and abuse in our government.”
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